The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-10
Editor THE DIAMoNp DRrLL.

Editor IIfE DIAMOND DRILL.
DEAR SIR: Permit me to use space in
your valuable paper 10 answer to an
article appearing In the Norway Current
of September &. In the first place want
TO say that Mr.. Atkinsons account oi
the ball game and the treatment my club
received while at Norway is practically
true, every word of il. And II the editor
OF The DIAMOND pRILL wrote his items IN
the first person singular, and gave the
Norway ball players and their admirers
a deserved scorching, he only did his
duty, and there is no denying that 1T
was his duty To tell his readers how
shamefully we were treated. However,
am not writing this To clear MIR. At
kinson, because everyone knows he is In
the right, but To contradict several
things that Mr.. Knight knows, or should
know, are wholly untrue. Mr. Knight
Saws that: "the midnight supper to-
which the Maroons were treated at
Crystal Falls, was the tail end of "A Ma
sonic banquet, to which several of the
Maroons who were Masons were invited
by the fraternity, but which they did not
attend. Later Manager Clapp took them
into the dining room and gave them each
a cup of coffee--no more, no less" Now,
that is downright falsehood, and who
ever told Mr.. Knight such a story just
simply lied-no more, no less. 1 gave
the boys good supper OF which they
partook copiously. When my clubplay-
ell at Norway took from here between
two and three hundred dollars To cover
any bets that l could get. i made
numerous attempts TO get bets but could
find no one To cover my money, except
my friend Dick Flanagan, whom | re-
fused to put up any money with, Tor the
reason that there were three new men I'm
the diamond, one uf wnom | was led to
believe would deliver ball that my
boys could not hit and did not want to
chance any money entrusted To me by
my friends ON any such deal, but this
money IL still at my command TO bet ON
n game between the Maroons proper and
the Crystal Falls club. During the sixth,
not the second inning as Mr.. Knight
states, bluff OF so WAS made, which l
did not take up, because i knew that the
umpire was partial To the Maroons, and
/ was hardly foolish enough to throw
my money away in supporting my club
when could plainly see that they were
being subjected to what il termed the
grand razzle-dazzly," by the umpire,
who had money ON the opposing nine.
Mr.. Knight has IL ''from one of the club"
1 that will not play for more than 500.
I All have got To say To that rs this: let
! the Maroons come up with their $1OO,
$500, 81 900 or more, just as soon as
they can summons the courage, and you
will see whether OF not l will play my
men for more than 500, and mean
business too. As to "Messrs. Clapp and
Atkinson" as a conclusion, do not feel
ms though they are indebted TO Mr..
Browning, and IL an apology is made,
IL should come from Browning. Asgentlc-
men the members Of my club will com
pare very favorably with certain mem
/ bers of the Maroons. have naught but
the most friendly feelings for the Maroons,
with the exception of Browning, and 1
do not like him because he isnot agentle-
man, and does not recognize gentleman
when he comes I'm contact with one. The
/ Maroons did not live up To their agree
ment and treated us dirty mean, and the
reason they will not play the third game
is because they know that defeat awaits
them. Yours truly,
Lou CLAPP.